Daily Republican., 1887-07-12
Bu,Idlng SCHOOL Houses.

Ia August the Board OF E1ucalon
will have $40, 600 furnished BY the City
Conn :ii to be spsnt in the ereoion OF
new ssh }. houses and In the purchase
of lots Tor the sams purpose. How to
spsnd taas money and whore to spend !
IL. are the questions which are bother |
Ing ire NE N oers OF the board and caus-
ing lag Nightly meetings without COM
ing 10 aoy definite conclusion. "a. 9o0
OF this N ,Esy s due to J. r. d. Seeds
& Sons, As the last instailmens for
build tn, the High school. This leaves
S15 100 Tor mes school houses this year.
Two ue q school houses and two an-
nexos . .e nesded to meet even the mod
crate demands OF the public. The
Board Of z iucation has for number OF
wears been leasing the paroohtal soheol
building belonging to 81. MAry's CAtho-
Lie Caur,h, Lord and Pine streets. but
now tn. Trustees OF 81. MSry's Church
want the schoo, building to start pa
rooh,a, school and educate their own
children, those who will leave the pub
lie s,aools Aad 60 to II. This neosssi-
tases a new school building In the
neigbbo,hood to accommodate the 2O0
ohtlIrsu who will be thrown out OF
public s,hool. To meet this want u 10
proposei TO build an annex to No.
public school, corner OF Fifth and Pine
streets. 80 cost not more than " 800.
This plan hAs been strongly urged oy
Mr., Sni.E, chairman OF the committee
OF thai school. A counter argument
agains, hutlalng the annex Is thai the
paro,hlal school may absorb more chill.
dren than are now attending that school
aud the .elore may render the building
of m annex unnecessary. To this Mr..
Smith resorss that the Board OF e iucA.
tion has 10 business to count upon tie
contingencies arising from Catholic or
any osh.. private schools, bus that It
should have . seat for every child In
tie city OF school age whether that
child uples the seat or not. The
consideration Of this annex, however,
WAS laid over until the last o! ssptem'
Der, when 1t will be ssea how many
children St. MAry's paroohtcal school
will absorb.
Secondly, new school house Is asked
for In tie Twelfth wsr1, and one is
nsed4d there very much. But on ao'
cour. OF low fnan ,es, only the purchase
OF o loi this year was settled upon by
the GO a N istee represen ting the Interests
OF tina part OF the city, said lot to cost
1885 Ttts proposition was defeated
lAss night.
Thirdly, o school house is urgently
needed In that section Of this city known
as the Forty A ,res, and lot costing
nbous S.. 200 has been selected by
com n,t.ee at Seventeenth aud Unior
streeis. Farther consideration OF thu
purchase OF this los will come up o. thu
mex. regular meeting OF -be board.
Foarthiy, comes the Howard School
No. IL There Is no dispute about th
ineei st sn annex to this school, wher'
mors .Ean 200 children caano; ge
SEATS, and on this account Chair mai
Foulx mas been per nitted to 60 farthel
IN the direction OF securing add Iona
scho u accommodation for the coloie
children. BE has gone 30 far 81 to re
celVe proposals for Duilding the annex
the lowest bidder being j M. Lsnder
man st s., 2i9, tx x,lusive OF heating tn
s,hool, which may be 1000 more. Bo
evea the awarding OF lhe contract 70
builii3g this annex was p p)stponed TO
spe sial % setting mex Monday night.
Tha ',IT projec;ed Improvements VII
foot A. 81. BOT, being s. lO7 mora tina
taere will De money to mest. Tae IT
fusAl % purchase lot IN the rTei't
ward relieves $685., and leaves tt
annex at Fifth asd Pine, tho annex
the FL ward School and the pur chase
. lot IL Forty Acre, sill i In ths fed,
cos: In the aggrega e, including Il
healing OF the Howard annex, Sl5 81
vita ouiy SI5, 100 on hand OF the A
gus. appropriation to mees 1t. IL
quite probable the H)sard S:ho
anuex will be ordered, when tbsra W
be nearly S9, 900 iets. This will not
enough TO bulld nov school hou
either In Forty Aerss Or tho rTelf
ward, ou. 1t wculd build the annsx
No. 7 AID purohase the proposed los
Forty 4 .-es. Possibly the oast OF t
annex TO No. may be so far belc
Ae. 5 ntth's estimate 81 ,500-as
enable the board to purchase t
THelith ward lot. II this is done, ne
year will start with two needed scht
houses, one In F1rty Acres and Que
the Twelfth ward, with oniy go. 600
build both.
This amount will oniy build one fir
cla,s school house, when either one 8
ton or the other will have to wal. t
years more. II Ia evident thai the
NAL appropriation OF $40 600 for oni
Ing sshool houses Is too smzl 70
large city like Wilmtng'sa. With
900 population and increasirg rapid
two new school homes year will
needed, and anything like 9
school, commensnrs.e with the prog
OF the timee, will cost q years apl
priatton, $4,000
A FEW DAYS AGO 4 long, IAuk